Cellular nucleic acid-binding protein restricts SARS-CoV-2 by regulating interferon and disrupting RNA–protein condensates

Y Chen, X Lei, Z Jiang, F Humphries… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A detailed understanding of the innate immune mechanisms involved in restricting SARS-
CoV-2 infection and how the virus disrupts these processes could reveal new strategies to …

Emerging variants of concern in SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein: a highly conserved target with potential pathological and therapeutic implications

L Shen, JD Bard, TJ Triche, AR Judkins… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Membrane (M) gene are relatively uncommon. The M gene
encodes the most abundant viral structural protein, and is implicated in multiple viral …

Structural basis for SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein recognition by single-domain antibodies

Q Ye, S Lu, KD Corbett - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is the most severe
public health event of the twenty-first century. While effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 …

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein reveals multiple functional consequences of the C-terminal domain

C Wu, AJ Qavi, A Hachim, N Kavian, AR Cole… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Nucleocapsid (N) encoded by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) plays key roles in the replication cycle and is a critical serological marker. Here, we …

Double-stranded RNA drives SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein to undergo phase separation at specific temperatures

CA Roden, Y Dai, CA Giannetti, I Seim… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nucleocapsid protein (N-protein) is required for multiple steps in betacoronaviruses
replication. SARS-CoV-2-N-protein condenses with specific viral RNAs at particular …

Heat shock protein 90 facilitates SARS-CoV-2 structural protein-mediated virion assembly and promotes virus-induced pyroptosis

Z Zhao, LD Xu, F Zhang, QZ Liang, Y Jiao… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Inhibition of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), a prominent molecular chaperone, effectively
limits severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection but little is …

Long way up: rethink diseases in light of phase separation and phase transition

M Ding, W Xu, G Pei, P Li - Protein & Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Biomolecular condensation, driven by multivalency, serves as a fundamental mechanism
within cells, facilitating the formation of distinct compartments, including membraneless …

Betacoronavirus assembly: clues and perspectives for elucidating SARS-CoV-2 particle formation and egress

D Bracquemond, D Muriaux - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
In 2019, a new pandemic virus belonging to the betacoronavirus family emerged, severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This new coronavirus appeared in …

The preference signature of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid NTD for its 5'-genomic RNA elements

SM Korn, K Dhamotharan, CM Jeffries… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nucleocapsid protein (N) of SARS-CoV-2 plays a pivotal role during the viral life cycle. It
is involved in RNA transcription and accounts for packaging of the large genome into virus …

Proteomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 particles unveils a key role of G3BP proteins in viral assembly

E Murigneux, L Softic, C Aubé, C Grandi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular host-virus battlefield
during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nevertheless, the assembly and egress of newly formed …